2020 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2020 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the scheduled postseason men's basketball tournament for the American Athletic Conference. It was to be held at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas.[1] Due to the coronavirus pandemic the tournament was cancelled on March 12, 2020 – only minutes before the first game was set to begin.[2]

2020 American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201920
Teams12
SiteDickies Arena
Fort Worth, Texas
TelevisionESPN, ESPNU, ESPN2
2019–20 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Cincinnati135 .722  2010  .667
No. 22 Houston135 .722  238  .742
Tulsa135 .722  2110  .677
Wichita State117 .611  238  .742
UConn108 .556  1912  .613
Memphis108 .556  2110  .677
SMU99 .500  1911  .633
UCF711 .389  1614  .533
South Florida711 .389  1417  .452
Temple612 .333  1417  .452
East Carolina513 .278  1120  .355
Tulane414 .222  1218  .400
As of March 11, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll
NOTE: The 2020 AAC Tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seeds

All 12 conference teams were slated to participate in the conference tournament. The top four teams received a bye into the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Tiebreakers: win/loss record, head-to-head record, record against the highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, record against the second highest ranked team outside of the tied teams, etc.

Seed School Conf. record Tiebreaker
1 Cincinnati 13–5 2–1 vs Houston/Tulsa
2 Houston 13–5 2–2 vs Cincinnati/Tulsa
3 Tulsa 13–5 1–2 vs Cincinnati/Houston
4 Wichita State 11–7
5 UConn 10–8 3–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
6 Memphis 10–8 2–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
7 SMU 9–9
8 UCF 7–11 2–3 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
9 South Florida 7–11 0–4 vs Cincinnati/Houston/Tulsa
10 Temple 6–12
11 East Carolina 5–13
12 Tulane 4–14

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 12
1 12:00 pm No. 8 UCF vs No. 9 South Florida cancelled ESPNU N/A
2 2:00 pm No. 5 UConn vs No. 12 Tulane
3 7:00 pm No. 7 SMU vs No. 10 Temple N/A
4 9:00 pm No. 6 Memphis vs No. 11 East Carolina
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
5 12:00 pm No. 1 Cincinnati vs Game 1 winner cancelled ESPN2 N/A
6 2:00 pm No. 4 Wichita State vs Game 2 winner
7 6:30 pm No. 2 Houston vs Game 3 winner ESPNU N/A
8 8:30 pm No. 3 Tulsa vs Game 4 winner
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
9 2:00 pm Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 winner cancelled ESPN2 N/A
10 4:00 pm Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner
Championship – Sunday, March 15
11 2:15 pm Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner cancelled ESPN N/A
Game times in CT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  First round
Thursday, March 12
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 13
Semifinals
Saturday, March 14
Championship
Sunday, March 15
                                     
       
  1 Cincinnati  
     
8 UCF
9 South Florida  
   
   
       
       
  4 Wichita State
     
5 UConn
12 Tulane  
 
 
       
       
  2 #22 Houston
     
7 SMU
10 Temple  
 
   
       
       
  3 Tulsa
     
6 Memphis
11 East Carolina  

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References

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